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Returns a list of comments that match the API request parameters.
Quota impact: A call to this method has a quota cost of 1 unit.
Common use cases
Request
HTTP request
GET https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/comments
Parameters
The following table lists the parameters that this query supports. All of the parameters listed are query parameters.
| Parameters |
| Required parameters |
part |
string
The part parameter specifies a comma-separated list of one or more comment resource properties that the API response will include.
The following list contains the part names that you can include in the parameter value:
|
| Filters (specify exactly one of the following parameters) |
id |
string
The id parameter specifies a comma-separated list of comment IDs for the resources that are being retrieved. In a comment resource, the id property specifies the comment's ID. |
parentId |
string
The parentId parameter specifies the ID of the comment for which replies should be retrieved.
Note: YouTube currently supports replies only for top-level comments. However, replies to replies may be supported in the future. |
| Optional parameters |
maxResults |
unsigned integer
The maxResults parameter specifies the maximum number of items that should be returned in the result set.
Note: This parameter is not supported for use in conjunction with the id parameter. Acceptable values are 1 to 100, inclusive. The default value is 20. |
pageToken |
string
The pageToken parameter identifies a specific page in the result set that should be returned. In an API response, the nextPageToken property identifies the next page of the result that can be retrieved.
Note: This parameter is not supported for use in conjunction with the id parameter. |
textFormat |
string
This parameter indicates whether the API should return comments formatted as HTML or as plain text. The default value is html.
Acceptable values are:
html – Returns the comments in HTML format. This is the default value.plainText – Returns the comments in plain text format.
|
Request body
Do not provide a request body when calling this method.
Response
If successful, this method returns a response body with the following structure:
{
"kind": "youtube#commentListResponse",
"etag": etag,
"nextPageToken": string,
"pageInfo": {
"totalResults": integer,
"resultsPerPage": integer
},
"items": [
comment Resource
]
}
Properties
The following table defines the properties that appear in this resource:
| Properties |
kind |
string
Identifies the API resource's type. The value will be youtube#commentListResponse. |
etag |
etag
The Etag of this resource. |
nextPageToken |
string
The token that can be used as the value of the pageToken parameter to retrieve the next page in the result set. |
pageInfo |
object
The pageInfo object encapsulates paging information for the result set. |
pageInfo.totalResults |
integer
The total number of results in the result set. |
pageInfo.resultsPerPage |
integer
The number of results included in the API response. |
items[] |
list
A list of comments that match the request criteria. |
Errors
The following table identifies error messages that the API could return in response to a call to this method. Please see the error message documentation for more detail.
| Error type |
Error detail |
Description |
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Last updated 2025-08-28 UTC.
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